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Online Recruiting: Monster’s Big China Move

There’s no shortage of U.S. World Wide Web companies that have folded to replicate their successes at home in Chinese cyberspace. Despite throwing considerable resources at its Chinese-language operation, for instance, Google (GOOG) is a distant No. 2 in online search [BusinessWeek.com, 8/30/07] beh…

Sleek, But Don’t Touch: Samsung’s Glyde Disappoints

Touchscreen cell phones are everywhere these days. Yet precious few offer the finger-swipe scrolling and dragging of the iPhone’s display. Most of these phones merely let you poke an icon rather than scoot around the screen with a flick or drag of a finger.

There are some notable exceptions. One is…

A One-Stop Mobile-Device Recharger

Would you still want the potential to fly, whether you were due to put on a 117-piece set of chain mail before each flight? Would you still value instant teleportation, whether you had to fill out a 72-page structure before each jaunt? Would you still want ultimate control by the universe, whether y…

YouTube Offers Chance To Buy Music in a Click

In its continuing effort to find a way to build money from its YouTube unit, Google has introduced a type of e-commerce ad that YouTube users can visit to buy digital goods from Apple’s iTunes or Amazon.com.

Under the program announced Tuesday, viewers of a video with a music track, for example, w…

Microsoft Tries for Slice of Japan’s Game Market

Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to prepare inroads in a market where it has lengthy struggled.

John Schappert, Microsoft corporate vice president of i…

Gene-analyzing Startup’s Study Responds to Critics

A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur poor health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior.

Navigenics Inc. charges customers $2,500 to analyze their DNA to assess their risk of developing more than 20 disea…

Fake YouTube Pages Used To Spread Viruses

Savvy World Wide Web users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another day bomb from a hacker.

But even some sophisticated surfers could get taken in by a sneaky new attack in which crimi…

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